INVITATION TO COURSE ON SAFETY IN WORKING AT HEIGHT OSHA DSM

Introduction Occupational Safety and Health Culture is of paramount important in any employment sector. A number of avoidable accidents and loss of life and properties in various workplaces has been reported to be caused by lack of safety culture. This is quite evident in construction industry especially in developing countries where studies have shown that in buildings, civil, towers erecting, excavation activities; major accidents/fatality is largely due to fall from height or falling objects. In this regards OSHA, a governmental agency responsible for enforcing occupational health and safety of workers in workplaces is organizing a four day course on safety in working at height from 14th to 17th April, 2014. Interested parties/individuals are invited to attend the course. The venue for the training will be at OSHA Kinondoni DSM. This is a full time course starting from 08:30 to 16:00 whereby OSHA certificates will be awarded to the successful participants at the end of the course. Target group: The course has been designed for all workers who are working above the ground such as in: Building and construction Telecommunication towers High voltage electrical power lines Any other interested person Course objectives The training programme is designed to provide participants with the skills, techniques and capacity to recognize, evaluate and put in place measures to reduce or eliminate occupational hazards and promote OHS at workplaces and hence improves safety and increase productivity. Thus, employers are urged to arrange for their workers to attend the course. Registration for the course could be done through the given contacts below. Fee for the course is 300,000/= per person. Payment should be made in favour of OSHA REVENUE ACCOUNT with account number 0150210411100, CRDB. For more information, please dont hesitate to reach us through the contacts below: Eng. Mkindi, S:- mkindis@gmail.com /0764 279 247 / 0713 826 849 OSHA DSM Or visit our website for more information on other courses: www.osha.go.tz

The following are the course contents:

Introduction to safety on working at height Introduction to scaffolding and ladders Fall hazards and fall protection Building and construction rules (1985) Health and safety hazards in communication towers Personal harness Introduction to safety on working at height Anchoring Vertical rope device and vertical life line Video shows Job safety analysis Accident investigation